(Washington) Briton Andy Murray, three-time winner of the Grand Slam and former world number one, and American Sebastian Korda were invited to participate in the Cincinnati Championship, before the US Open, Tuesday, its organizers announced.
This tournament, the last rehearsal before the US Open, will begin on August 14. It was moved last year to New York, at Flushing Meadows, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Murray, 34, currently 105NS In the world rankings, he has already won twice in Cincinnati. 3 o’clock arrivedNS Tour Wimbledon last month, beat Canadian Denis Shapovalov. He won Wimbledon twice (2013, 2016), once the US Open (2012), and twice the gold medal at the Olympics, London 2012 and Rio 2016.
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Sebastian Korda
Korda, 21, won his first ATP tournament in May in Parma. The son of former Czech champion Petr Korda, has just turned 45NS A place in the ATP rating after reaching 8it’s a The final of his first appearance at Wimbledon. His sister, Nelly Korda, is the world’s number one golfer.
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